St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-12
A Word About Those Militia
Warrants That We're
Signed and Paid.
Ex-Speaker Crosse Said to Be
Quietly Grooming Him
self For Congress.
An Interview With Judge
Francis, in Which He Eulo-
gizes Gov. Church.
Interesting Budget of News
From Washington and
Dakota Points.

An anonymous correspondent, writ
ing from Bismarck, and signing himself
''Old Line Democrat presumably Edi
tor PIERCE, makes a weak attempt tC
discover the identity of the GLOBE
staff contributor in last weeks Pioneer
Press. The bluff is very apparent and,
of course will fail in it's object. ''Old
Line Democrat" boldly offers to wager
the princely sum of S25 that the
GLOBES correspondent at Bismarck is
an employee in the Office of the commits
sioner of immigration; and then he of
fers another wager of S25 that the ''staff
contributor is an emplOye of the terri
torial government. Here is the secret
of his little scheme. Both the offers
are to be accepted or rejected as a
whole. Cunning old fox! He wants to
find out the identity of the staff con-
tributor. The Bismark contributor cuts
no figure at all. Editor Pierce would
gladly give paltry $50 to know who
the staff contributor is. But he can't
work it through such a transparent
scheme as this. The GLOBE has never
made any attempt to conceal the iden-
tity of its Bismarck correspondent. 1t
would not be possible to do so. He is
paid to gather and send the news to the
GLOBE, and naturally he would be
known to the people of Bismarck
TIE GLOBE HAS A CORRESPONDENT
in every county seat and important
town in Dakota, to send, by mall or
wire. all important or interesting news.
They are not expected to dabble in poll
tics-in fact. they are instructed to send
only the facts connected with news
events. The editors and staff contribu-
tors of the paper are able to look after
the politics, and they alone are respon-
sible FOR editorial expressions or Opin-
ions. The regular correspondents
work is an entirely different field. The
GLOBE pays all these correspondents
at certain space rate, and they earn
their money legitimately. Bismarck
being the capital of Dakota, the GLOBE
keeps special news correspondent
there and pays him for his services.
man, in any business or profession, can
find ample time to attend to it outside
of the hours when he is engaged in his
regular occupation. If the correspond
ent be clerk in store, or an employe
of bank or a city, county or territorial
department, he need not neglect
his regular duties in the remOtest
degree if he accepts an appointment as
q newspaper correspondent. There is
not enough news floating about Bis
marck to occupy that much of a mans
time.
As stated, the GLOBE has never de-
sired to throw the veil of secrecy over
its Bismarck correspondent. Probably
forty-nine people out of fifty in Bis
marck know who he is, or was. His
name is F. E. Sterling, and he is clerk
in the commissioner of immigration's
office. And he's
AN EXCELLENT EPRESENTATIvE, TOO.
services. If any one doubts his efficiency
let him compare the GLOBE with the
other paperS-in and out of the terri
tory-and see the difference in the news
service. He has scored no less than
dozen first-claSs scoops" within a
month OH Editor Pierce, who lives in
Bismark, and this is probably why the
latter is so sore and vents his spleen
under an assumed name. Yes. Mr.Old-
Line Democrat-alias Gilbert A. Pierce
the GLOBES news correspondent at
Bismarck has been F. E. Sterling. He
is now located at Pierre. You could
have ascertained that fact by simply
addressing a query to the GLOBE. But
he never had any editorial connection
with the paper, and never sent any
matter that was not OF legitimate
news character. And the way he
knocked out the ''great newspaper
man," Gov. Gilbert A. Pierce, and
scored scoop after scoop" under his
very nose. was a caution, making him
the laughing stock of the territory, and
causing the editor of the Pioneer Press
to send him telegram like this: "What
in the HI is the matter with you.
GLOBE had all important news to-day"
Of course it was Sterling! And he was
a rustler, too. He was too much for the
Rip Van Wrinkles. He did his duty
without in the least neglecting his own
business; the GLOBE has paid him for
his work, he has his check and the
books have been closed. And it was all
legitimate, too, and Sterling
NEVER NEGLECTED HIS OFFICIAL d.
TIES
to make few extra dollars by honest
work.
But "Old Line Democrat didn't hope
to accomplish anything by this. He
knew he could not expose secret that
was not secret. He was cunning for
the staff contributor with another paltry
little S25. He was yearning to know
WIN IltC COliOllOueCi W0C3tthN ~ lAAOd5ho
it could be done in this way.
He offered the munificent sum Of S25 if
it was not true that the staff contributor
was under pay as an employe of the
territorial government. Now, it does
not seem possible that man of any
standing could be found in Dakota who
would attempt bluff on S25. AS the
standing of Sterling has been settled,
the GLOBE will give "Old Line Demo
crat'' a chance to win some money that
is worth his while fooling about. 1t will
deposit $500, if he will deposit like
amount. The name of the staff con-
tributor will then be made known. If
the GLOBE does not demonstrate that
he is not connected with the territorial
administration, in the remotest degree:
that he does not receive any money in
The capacity of an official or an en-
ploye, it will forfeit the S500-and vice
versa. Bluffs of $25, with an Interior